Tag Archives: America

President Obama weighed in with his thoughts on net neutrality in his latest Google+ Hangouts appearance.
During the session on Friday, Obama answered many questions, and on the topic of internet neutrality he seemed to come out ...

The Federal Communications Commission have set forth a proposal that would make all carriers offer emergency 911 text support by the end of this year.
T-Mobile, Sprint, Verizon, and AT&T promised a few years ago to implement ...

A petition for net neutrality, which has a million signatures, has been submitted to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
The petition was given to the FCC by Free Press, who are an advocacy group, and also a wide range o...

California regulators are going after boot camps that specialize in teaching students how to code.
The Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE) has sent warnings to these “learn to code” bootcamp schools, and...

Charlie Shrem, the CEO of BitInstant, a bitcoin exchange, has been charged with supplying bitcoins to the Silk Road.
Shrem was apparently using his bitcoin exchange business as a front for a money laundering scheme, one that was ...

The Freedom Hosting bust made by the FBI led to the capture of the TorMail email database, and it seems that they are now using it for other unrelated cases.
The bust was part of an investigation into a child porn ring, one heade...

David Drummond has publicly stated that President Obama is not doing enough to change the way the NSA does things.
Drummond, who is Google’s chief legal officer, believes that the government needs to alter the way they coll...

A new report written by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has slammed the FDA for allowing dangerous antibiotics to remain in the feed for livestock.
The report states that the US Food and Drug Administration let 18 dr...

Apparently Apple’s CEO would like to disclose just what data Apple has shared with the American government, but can’t due to the gag order.
Apple and other companies have received a lot of criticism over sharing data ...

In response to the fact that the National Security Agency has been monitoring its users, Microsoft has decided to offer those outside the US the option to store their data off of American soil.
Microsoft seems to be the first maj...

Edward Snowden has called for limitations to be put on US spying, in an online chat held on Thursday.
During the chat he defended himself and said that any allegations concerning the theft of colleague passwords or tricking co-wo...

The FBI believes that we haven’t seen the end of the malware attacks that have affected companies like Target.
They have given out a report, called “Recent Cyber Intrusion Events Directed Toward Retail Firms”, w...

It seems that some of the bigger tech companies are trying to avert the shutting down of international tax loopholes.
The Digital Economy Group (DEG) has sent a letter to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development...